JONESBORO, Ark. (3/1/18) – Arkansas State alumnus and four-year football letterman Blaise Taylor, who completed his senior season with the Red Wolves in 2017, was announced Thursday by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine as one of three finalists for the 2018 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year.
Taylor and the other two male finalists, West Virginia basketball player Jevon Carter and UC San Diego tennis player Justin Zhang, were chosen from 40 semifinalists, who were selected from more than 1,000 nominees. The male and female Scholar of the Year, as well as the entire class of 2018 Arthur Ashe Jr.